Ayres Extemporae, winners of the 2024 York Worldwide Younger Artists Competitors

The 2024 York Worldwide Younger Artists Competitors happened on Saturday 13 July 2024 on the Nationwide Centre for Early Music in York, because the climax to this yr’s York Early Music Competition. Eight ensembles happened within the last, throughout the two days earlier than the ultimate every ensemble gave a casual recital on the Nationwide Centre for Early Music in York with the goal of giving the musicians the chance to adapt to the efficiency house and to get to know the competition viewers members upfront of the ultimate.

Ayres Extemporae, based mostly in Belgium, had been awarded the primary prize, receiving an expert recording contract from Linn Information, a £1,000 money prize, a future paid engagement with the York Early Music Competition, and recording alternatives with BBC Radio 3. 

UK based mostly Apollo’s Cupboard took the Pals of York Early Music Competition award, a money prize of £1,000, Ensemble Bastion received a money prize of £1,000 endowed by the EUBO Improvement Belief, for the Most Promising Younger Artist(s) specialising within the Baroque repertoire and  [hanse] Pfeyfferey (from Germany) took the Cambridge Early Music Prize, which features a paid efficiency in Cambridge.

Ayres Extemporae are Moldovan-Spanish violinist Xenia Gogu, Spanish cellist Víctor García García, enjoying on a five-string cello piccolo. and Portuguese cellist Teresa Madeira and their programme consisted of Biber’s Sonata for violin and continuo in E Minor, C. 142, Bach’s Erbarme dich from Ich armer Mensch ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55 for tenor, flute and continuo (arr. for violoncello piccolo, violin and continuo)  and Bach’s Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G main, BWV1027  (arr. for violoncello piccolo, violin and continuo).

The ultimate is accessible to observe on the NCEM web site.

Full particulars from the NCEM web site.